Pirate Pride All Sports Recognition Dinner & Auction to be held April 22

The fifth Annual Pirate Pride All Sports Recognition Dinner & Auction will be held on Sunday, April 22 in the Auxiliary Section of the CHS Sports Arena at Charlestown High School. The event, sponsored by the Charlestown Pirate Pride Booster Club, recognizes student athletes, coaches, staff and volunteers of all Charlestown High School sports, including the Marching Band of Pirates. Back by popular demand, the event will again be catered by the legendary Schnitzelbank Restaurant of Jasper. Doors will open at 4 p.m. and dinner will begin serving at 5:30 p.m. Don’t miss this opportunity to not only support Pirate Pride’s efforts in bolstering Pirate and Lady Pirate Athletics; but also help the community recognize all the outstanding high school student athletes in each sport. It’s a relaxing, enjoyable, family atmosphere event that hundreds regularly attend each year. This is the Pirate Pride anchor event fundraiser that allows for a great majority of the support Pirate Pride provides for the talented student athletes.

Derby Dinner Playhouse has announced their 2012-2013 season. DIXIE SWIM CLUB- May 15- July 1- Back by popular demand! A touching comedy about five southern women whose friendships began on their college swim team and span a lifetime. Watch as their lives hilariously unfold as the years pass and they weather the challenges life flings at them...together.

On Saturday, March 17, 2012, Safe Harbor Christian Church in Memphis, Indiana held a St. Baldrick’s event to fund childhood cancer research. The initial fundraising goal was $3000, yet the event has raised $8200 to date, and still counting! This is quite an accomplishment for an area nearly leveled by the recent tornado of March 2.

On March 16 Charlestown Police arrested 27 year old Jennifer L. Snyder of Charlestown after the department began receiving crime tips that Snyder was allegedly involved in the selling of narcotics. Charlestown Police learned that Snyder was already enrolled in Clark Circuit Court II drug court on previous unrelated drug charges.